Baseball America Prospect Report – May 3, 2018

• Dylan Cozens, OF, Phillies. Cozens 2017 season with Triple-A Lehigh Valley couldn’t match his 40 home run season with Double-A Reading in 2016. And Cozens return trip to Lehigh Valley had been relatively quiet as well until Wednesday. On Wednesday Cozens hit three home runs against Syracuse, two off of Nationals prospect Erick Fedde.

• Austin Riley, 3B, Braves. Riley hit his fifth home run of the season. Riley leads the Southern League in extra-base hits (17), total bases (61) and is second in home runs (5).

• Darick Hall, 1B, Phillies. Something crazy is happening in the Florida State League. Hall hit his ninth home run of the season, Ian Strom has eight home runs and Andres Gimenez, Brian Miller and Josh Lowe all have seven. Last year no one in the Florida State League topped 20 home runs.

• Chris Shaw, LF, Giants. Shaw may face questions about where his ultimate position is going to be, but his power is less debated. Shaw went 3-for-4 with a double and two home runs yesterday.

• Yordan Alvarez, LF, Astros. Alvarez’s power tailed off in the second half of last season as he battled injuries, but when he’s healthy, his power and his plate discipline are a great combination. Alvarez hit a pair of home runs (his fifth and sixth) and also drew a pair of walks. For the season he’s walked 14 times and struck out 19 times in 89 at-bats.

• Fernando Romero, RHP, Twins. Romero’s big league debut couldn’t have gone much better as he picked up the win with five scoreless innings. He allowed four hits and three walks while walking five.